Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST

100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$6,256.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$10,427.67

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$819.52 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $7,820.75 with Private Health Care System — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $819.52 ↓ -87%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $836.77 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare $862.65 ↓ -86%
TriWest Community Care Network $862.65 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $905.78 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $905.78 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $905.78 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $966.17 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,035.18 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $1,082.63 ↓ -83%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $1,087.80 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $1,251.32 ↓ -80%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $1,289.66 ↓ -79%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,289.66 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,338.91 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,423.37 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,504.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Charter $1,504.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $1,671.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial $2,062.00 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $2,402.05 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $2,433.86 ↓ -61%
Mark Cuban Commercial $2,590.07 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,783.83 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,934.95 ↓ -53%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $3,441.13 ↓ -45%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $3,793.59 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $4,463.04 ↓ -29%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $5,108.52 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $5,234.69 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $5,735.22 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $5,735.22 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $6,048.05 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $6,048.05 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $6,152.33 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $6,256.60 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $6,777.99 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $6,777.99 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $7,299.37 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $7,299.37 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $7,299.37 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $7,820.75 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $7,820.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Ghs polysom <6 yrs 4/> parameters at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $2,545.11 $997.12 – $1,964.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,902.39 $819.52 – $3,627.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,256.60 $1,287.82 – $9,384.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,346.17 $819.52 – $5,432.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,902.39 $773.97 – $3,627.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,256.60 $819.52 – $9,384.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,256.60 $2,590.07 – $9,384.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,346.17 $819.52 – $6,519.25

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